Ford V-10 mods

Nothing
Honestly I've owned a 1999 2-valve V10 and a 2008 3-valve V10 and no "owner" mod I looked at was cost effective.

If there was an easy way to make it better ford would have done it.

Can't speak to the older 2v version but the 3v version is an awesome power plant and needs nothing to be very effective.

Change the oil.

I didn't do the Y-pipe mod on my 99 v10...I never wanted for more power.

Now, I did wish I had 4.30 gears instead of 3.73.

Thanks!

Jeremiah

99`s had a different Y-pipe. ford choked down the Y-pipe on 01-05 2 valves. I highly recommend the Y-pipe and a tuner from 5 star tuning. the tuner is well worth it for the trans shift improvements alone! once you drive a V-10 with a tuner with the "tow tune" you will wonder what Ford was thinking when they programmed in their trans shift program.

Very glad I did it, and so are very many others!

K Charles wrote:
If there was an easy way to make it better ford would have done it.

I disagree. Ford also has a price point to meet. Also, Ford did make many changes in '05.

I've done the full Banks PowerPack, along with an AFE intake and Predator tuner. If it were out at the time, I would have gone with a 5-star tuner instead, but the Predator works fine with some custom tuning.

Compared with a stock V10 at the same weight, I can typically climb in a full gear higher, and theres not an Interstate grade I can't pull at the speed limit at a full load. By brother has a stock v10 in his, and on steeper climbs I'm going about 20 MPH faster, as the same weight.

That said, I have the 2-valve V10. The 3-valve V10 won't gain much from headers, but there's still some gains that can be made with a cat-back, intake and programming.

My understanding is Ford went to a 1.5 inch connection for the exhaust coming out of each bank. The Y pipe gets rid of this restriction and gives better mpg.

Do the 2000's have this restriction? My understanding is Ford did this to eliminate exhaust flutter.

The other question is what oil? I see they recommend 5w-20. This seems very light for towing.

Haven't had power issues so haven't bothered.

The 2000's don't get the flutter as far as I know.

5w-20 is fine if you stay within its rated loads. With the miles I have (401,000) I run heavier oil in the summer, either 5w30 or preferably 0w-40 (0w40 has about the same "cold" viscosity in typical NW temps). 0W-40 give me the lowest oil consumption (~1 qt/3,000 miles vs 2,000 miles with 5w20) combined with the smoothest startup. 5w30 gives just a little more growl in cold weather. I'm running 5W20 right now since I'm sure I'll need another oil change before spring, and with my commute right now I don't want to push the oil change intervals. If I'm primarily towing, and running the good stuff, I'll go as far as 12,000 miles between changes.

dodge guy wrote:
99`s had a different Y-pipe. ford choked down the Y-pipe on 01-05 2 valves. I highly recommend the Y-pipe and a tuner from 5 star tuning. the tuner is well worth it for the trans shift improvements alone! once you drive a V-10 with a tuner with the "tow tune" you will wonder what Ford was thinking when they programmed in their trans shift program.

Very glad I did it, and so are very many others!

The truck I bought has the 5sp manual transmission. So the 2000 may/may not have the restricted Y-pipe? Will the 5 star tuner work with a manual?

I fly down to pick up the truck Saturday.